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wieldy (encz) | wieldy, adj: |
Wieldy (gcide) | Wieldy \Wield"y\, a.
Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed
to unwieldy. [R.] --Johnson.
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wieldy (wn) | wieldy
adj 1: easy to handle or use or manage; "a large but wieldy
book" [ant: unmanageable, unwieldy] |
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unwieldy (encz) | unwieldy,neohrabaný adj: Zdeněk Brožunwieldy,nepraktický adj: Zdeněk Brožunwieldy,neskladný adj: Zdeněk Brožunwieldy,těžkopádný adj: Rostislav Svoboda |
Unwieldy (gcide) | Unwieldy \Un*wield"y\, a.
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky;
ponderous. "A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old."
--Clarendon.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*wield"i*ly, adv. -- Un*wield"i*ness,
n.
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Wieldy (gcide) | Wieldy \Wield"y\, a.
Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed
to unwieldy. [R.] --Johnson.
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unwieldy (wn) | unwieldy
adj 1: difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or
weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy
structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy
parcel" [syn: unwieldy, unmanageable] [ant: wieldy]
2: difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and
regulations"
3: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long
ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature
a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
[syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy] |
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